Dumping-wagon



(No Model.) I

H. O. OONKLE.

DUMPING WAGON.

Pgtented June 1, 1886.

WITNESSES:

N. PEN-2R5 PhutmI-Rhogmphun Washinglou. \1 c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY O. CONKLE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DUMPING-WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent; No. 343,011, dated June 1,1886.

Application filed March 4, 1886. Serial No. l93,959. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY C. CONKLE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dumping-VVagons, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a dumping-wagon embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a rear end view-thereof. Fig. 3 represents a top or plan view of a chute employed.

' secured thereto, are transverselyarranged bridge-irons or supports D, to the crowns of which the body A is bolted, the connectingbolts E extending in the longitudinal direction of the body and forming pivots, whereby the body may be turned laterally or sidewise, as shown by the dotted lines, Fig. 2.

Depending from and firmly secured to the floor or under side of the body A is a segment of a worm wheel, F, and meshing with the latter is a worm, G, whose shaft H extends transversely, and is mounted in brackets or bearings J, secured to the top of the running-gear, it being noticed that either end of said shaft H is accessible from the respective sides of the wagon, the ends being squaredfor the application of a suitable crank-handle.

D represents brace-rods, which extend longitudinally from one bridge-iron to the other, and are firmly secured to the same by means of nuts, whereby said irons are stiffened and strengthened, and well enabled to withstand the weight superimposed thereon.

In the opposite sides of the body A are openings which are closed by doors K, and to said sides at places coinciding with the bottoms of the opening are spouts L, for directing the coal or other load to the chute M, employed for passing the same to the place of deposit in the cellar or elsewhere.

On the under side of the body, beneath the spouts L, are eyes or staples N for engagemen of the hooks of the chute.

Depending from the sill pieces or top of the running-gear, and secured thereto, is a holder, P, for the chute, the same being of trough-form and extending transversely. The floor of the body is inclined from the opposite ends to the center, so as to direct the load to the center, and consequently to the side opening, when the body is tilted.

It will be seen that when the coal is to be dumped the shaft H is rotated, whereby, owing to the action of the gearing F G, the body turns on the bridge-irons, and is thereby inclined to the right or left, as the case may be. The chute is then withdrawn from its holder or support 1? and attached to the eyes N, and the proper door opened, whereby the coal or load quickly leaves the body, and is directed by the chute to the required place, it being seen that backing of the wagon to the curb, sidewalk, 850., is avoided. The chute is afterward disconnected from the body and returned to its holder or support, and the shaft H again the sills of the car-truck when the. body is in horizontal position, thus sustaining said body and relieving the body of strain, said props however being moved from the sills when the body is to be inclined.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A dumping wagon having transverse bridge-irons secured to the side sills, and provided with a body having a depending segmental rack, said body pivotally attached to the angles of said bridge-irons, and a shaft with a worm meshing with said rack, the said shaft being provided with angular ends, whereby the same may be operated from either side of the wagon, substantially as described.

2. In a dumping-wagon, the body A, with segmental worm-wheel F, in combination with transverse shaft H, having worm G thereon, said shaft being journaled in said bearings J and having squared or angular ends, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A dumping-wagon composed of the body A, having doors K and spouts L on both sides thereof, and provided with the depending segmental worm-wheel F, secured thereto, the sills O, bridge-irons D, pivotal connecting-bolts E, the braces D, connecting said bridge-irons, and

'stantially as and for the purpose set forth.

HARRY O. CONKLE.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. VVIEDERSHEIM, A. P. GRANT. 

